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  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  mechanisms - but then turn to a pset or some solved examples and feeling ... manga, since this drama is adapted from a manga series) to be Touma's alma ... "philosophical" it is LOL) So hello from the other side of a terrible week of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  more students to MIT than others, even when a student from a nameless ... as a parent of a child who goes to a high school where no one has ... is to summarize a student's qualifications within context. We also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  scorching hot, and a few of us even pulled out our umbrellas to shield ... to a thrilling jazz concert performed by our own FJE and a local jazz ... ’ve guessed. And the cherry on top? For dinner, we went to a restaurant that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  to pick half a peck of apples, a hayride, a bottle of cold apple cider ... MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for ... , and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In ... Important note: the weather forecast has a 70%+ chance of rain Friday ... /or waterproof footwear! (Thursday looks to be beautiful, though) It's after

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  So I had a little free time this morning so I paid a little visit to ... were along the lines of "Chances at MIT." I guess I was just a little upset about how everyone was trading their "stats" like I used to trade

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  from the MIT homepage yesterday, the final day of voting. According to ... who wrote scripts (computer programs) to "stuff" the ballot box. It ... , two recent physics-related strips generated a little bit of controversy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  ahead of me in school, was working on her college essay on the bus to a ... using the wrong lures and jigs. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun. It made ... applications I've seen. I thought about this for a while, and what I came up with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  your finger to a problem set and then fall asleep, sitting down, half an ... tired of hearing distorted whatever, I decided to pack up and call it a ... get at MIT, with all the work they have to do? Well, yesterday I broke

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  interested in exploring. Drop by Media Lab Needed to pick up a rec letter ... trying to go to Iceland over spring break, which has taken quite a lot of ... Climbing that I failed to wake up for. I ended up going to see a talk by the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  to classes for a while. maybe some of you are far away from any ... people have to say instead: Into the Unknown here comes a thought As ... have things settled for at least the next week, and i know i’ll spend a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  students than last year: an increase of 1 student, to 1554. Thus, our admit rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year ... of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? America's fastest competitive eater is Sonya Thomas, a ... . Although the process has never been specifically used to destroy prions, Jefferson Tester, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT, says he

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  -of-the-art trading room ever built on a university campus. Identical in every detail to ... this one with you: Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 04:25:08 -0500 To: suma ... ) ******************************   REGISTER NOW! TO REGISTER, please send an email to taskforce

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  have to complete Mastering Physics assignments twice a week. You are ... :00 AM the next day. THURSDAY A pset completed @ 5:00 AM leads to waking ... really grumpy. But I had a movie screening to take care of. I write for

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  to explain that they needed some maps for a puzzle. This sort of ... out who had the means, motive, and opportunity to do it. We're given a ... ! You're responsible! Be operator for a few hours!" So, now I get to feel

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  House of Representatives, and they went through the readings like it was a farce. It basically allows a government-appointed council to detain a ... . At the same time, I care about what’s happening back at home. Just a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  a particularly shocking corner for me. I used to walk along Memorial Drive to the Kendall T stop a lot (back in my PNR daze) and this sign was ... head of house really shines a light on what made Senior Haus something to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  resistance and thus being able to maintain a current without a voltage. The ... Quick, what does an atom bomb, the plural form of a famous Texas battle, and hiking have to do with each other? hmmm... If you guessed

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  fully evaluate and summarize a folder. We're expected to read applications ... already, right?" We evaluate the applications on a rolling basis: that is to ... returned to the office with a full stomach and proceeded to work on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005